2nd suspect sentenced in shooting of cab driver

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Apr 3, 2010 at 12:01 AMSep 9, 2014 at 4:32 PM

PETERSBURG - The second of two suspects has been sentenced to serve more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing and shooting a cab driver in Petersburg.Michael A. Washington, of Prince George, pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted mu

PETERSBURG - The second of two suspects has been sentenced to serve more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing and shooting a cab driver in Petersburg.

Michael A. Washington, of Prince George, pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder and other charges for his role in wounding and robbing the cab driver in the early morning hours of Aug. 27.

Another man, Daesean N. Addison of Hopewell, pleaded guilty to similar charges in February and received an identical sentence.

Both men were sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison with 25 years and nine months suspended. Prince George Commonwealth's Attorney Jay Paul says neither had prior criminal records. Addison was 20 years old and Washington was 21 at the time of the crime.

According to police, the driver for the Boulevard Cab Company out of Petersburg was dispatched to U.S. Gas located in the 16000 block of Prince George Drive.

There the driver picked up two men from the gas station. While taking them to their destination, the driver heard a gunshot.

Police said suspects in the crime were captured on video at the gas station where they were picked up, and a description was developed from those images and interviews with the cab driver.

The driver stopped the car and was pushed from the cab by the two attackers.

The driver, shot in the neck, was able to run back to the gas station and call for help. He was taken to Southside Regional Medical Center.

The stolen cab was located and recovered later in the 18000 block of S. Crater Road, also in the county. The cab was abandoned down a dirt lane about 12 miles away from where the attackers had been picked up.

Addison and Washington were both arrested the next day.

Paul says the victim still suffers from medical problems after being shot in his neck with a .22-caliber pistol. The bullet remains lodged in his neck.

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